Stuff about Steven

Steven has been married to Nicole since 2008 and together they have two girls. He grew up in Orlando, FL and graduated from the University of Florida where he studied History and Swahili. Steven and Nicole met in Nairobi, Kenya in 2006 while doing mission work for Mission to the World. They first lived in Atlanta, GA where Steven was the Youth Pastor at The Vine Community Church. They moved to Charlotte, NC in 2010 for Steven to attend Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) where he graduated with his Masters of Divinity and worked as a Pastoral Intern at Hope Community Church. During seminary Steven was encouraged to pursue church planting, went through the PCA church planting assessment and, after graduating from RTS in 2013, they moved just outside of Nashville, TN to help plant Redeemer Church Murfreesboro where Steven served as the Assistant Pastor and co-planter.

Steven and his family moved to San Jose in October 2016 when he joined Grace as a pastor. You can often find his family hiking somewhere in the Bay Area or exploring one of the many amazing places to visit in northern California. Steven enjoys reading, fishing, CrossFit, listening to podcasts, making his girls laugh, and discussing just about any sports, especially SEC football.